Screening for Plagiarism

Before submitting articles to reviewers, they are first checked for similarity/plagiarism using a tool by a member of the editorial team. Papers submitted to the JHCJ must show a similarity score (plagiarism) of a maximum of 25%, as verified by Crosscheck-iThenticate; higher scores are rejected.

Plagiarism is the exposing of another person's thoughts or words as though they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or because of failing to cite the sources properly. Plagiarism can take diverse forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. To properly judge whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

An author can literally copy another author's work- by copying word by word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledging, or citing the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the source and the manuscript/work that is suspected of plagiarism.
Substantial copying implies that an author reproduces a substantial part of another author's work without permission, acknowledgment, or citation. The term " substantial " can be understood both in terms of quality and quantity, being often used in the context of Intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within the writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the most difficult form to identify.